Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 = AD 69/70. AYTOKPATΩ[P KAICAP CEBACTO]C OYECΠACIANOC, laureate head to right / ETOY[C] NEOY IEPOY B, eagle standing to left on club with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm to left. RPC II 1971; McAlee 357; Prieur 135. 14.81g, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; an exceptional, highly lustrous example featuring a superb portrait of Vespasian, among the very finest to come to auction in the past twenty years.